Lampides boeticus (Linné, 1767)

Adult morphology	Wingspan	16
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	567
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	637
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	UBQ: Can be found in nearly all types of habitats UBQ
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Fabaceae
  - Astragulus
  - Cajanus
  - Canavalia
  - Colutea
  - Crotalaria
  - Cytisus
  - Derris
  - Dolichos
  - Indigofera
  - Lathyrus
  - Lupinus
  - Medicago
  - Phaseolus
  - Pisum
  - Podalyria
  - Sesbania
  - Spartium
  - Sutherlandia
  - Tephrosia
  - Ulex
  - Virgilia, Larvae burrowed into buds or pods and feed on seeds (associated with ants)

• Fabaceae
  - Astragulus
  - Cajanus
  - Canavalia
  - Colutea
  - Crotalaria
  - Cytisus
  - Derris
  - Dolichos
  - Indigofera
  - Lathyrus
  - Lupinus
  - Medicago
  - Phaseolus
  - Pisum
  - Podalyria
  - Sesbania
  - Spartium
  - Sutherlandia
  - Tephrosia
  - Ulex
  - Virgilia (Larvae burrowed into buds or pods and feed on seeds (associated with ants))